Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The tribunal has, for exercising jurisdiction conferred under this or another Act, all the powers of the Supreme Court, and may in a proceeding before the tribunal, in the same way and to the same extent as may be done by the Supreme Court in a similar proceeding--
(a) grant any relief or remedy; and
(b) make any order, including an order for attachment or committal because of disobedience to an order; and
(c) give effect to every ground of defence or matter of set-off, whether equitable or legal.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the tribunal has, in a proceeding before it, power to grant relief--
(a) under a declaration of rights of the parties; or
(b) under an injunction, whether interim, interlocutory or final, in the proceeding; or
(c) by staying the proceeding or a part of the proceeding; or
(d) by appointing a receiver including an interim receiver.
(3) The tribunal may order that a record of or information about a proceeding before the tribunal must not be made available to the public.
(4) Without limiting the things the tribunal may have regard to in deciding whether to make an order under subsection (3), the tribunal may have regard to Aboriginal tradition and Island custom.
(5) To the extent that the practice and procedure of the tribunal in exercising its jurisdiction in particular matters, including enforcing its judgments and orders, are not provided for in the rules, they must as far as practicable be the same as the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court in similar matters.
(6) Without limiting subsection (5), the appropriate officer of the tribunal must, in addition to duties otherwise imposed on the officer, discharge--
(a) any duty an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in similar circumstances; and
(b) any duty imposed on the officer by an order of the tribunal.
(7) For subsection (6), the appropriate officer of the tribunal has the powers of the relevant officer of the Supreme Court.
(8) Subsections (1) and (5) have effect subject to--
(a) another provision of this Act; and
(b) a provision of another Act under which jurisdiction is conferred on the tribunal.